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LIHDA HAS IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE
FOR MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM LYMPHOEDEMA
AND HUNDREDS OF PRACTITIONERS TOO.
​HELP US DO MORE!
       

Sign up to recycle.
We'll take care of the rest.

step 1.

To get started all you need is a cardboard box and a printer. Send us an email and we'll send you the link to our toolbox so you can download and print displays, including:          
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  • Get Started" Guide
  • ​​Drop-box Signage
  • "How-To" Posters for your reception room
  • Program Goal & Benefits Posters
  • Program Information Pamphlet with URLs to interactive activities, events and news.


step 2.

Tell us when your drop-box is almost full. We'll collect at your convenience.

​After that, we match your donation with the best destination, and arrange transport and customs clearance. 
We'll reward you with a Certificate of Appreciation to display your contribution and our appreciation. 

TURN-KEY EASY.

COSTS NOTHING.

EARNS YOU CERTIFICATES.

IMPROVES LIVES.

THIS IS HOW YOUR HELP WILL CHANGE THE WORLD.

LIHDA has pioneered the way for real action in patient care. By contributing to the program, you are adding to the momentum and emerging opportunities to do even more.    ​

​LIHDA's results have drawn the attention of national policy makers and healthcare organizations as a simple and user-friendly solution to reduce medical waste. Finland is the first establish a LIHDA chapter to launch its national compression garment recycling program. 

Our approach is unique and adaptable to the range of healthcare departments and has potential to be applied to multiple  industries. 
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EVOLUTION OF LIHDA'S IMPACT:

LIHDA's recycling program delivers compression garment to patients in need.
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LIHDA provides on-site and virtual training sessions to ensure practitioners apply best practices. 
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​LIHDA-sponsored clinics see earlier disease detection, fewer returning patients, and a decrease in spending.
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Governing organizations enlist LIHDA's help in drafting national policy and educational programs.
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LIHDA promotes these results to inspire other countries and healthcare fields to adopt LIHDA's formula.
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What's next? Help us, reach our potential and
​be part of something powerfully positive.

OUR SERVICES.

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access

collective intelligence​
  • Create partnerships between country-specific and international stakeholders from legal, healthcare, governing and tertiary industries. 

​customized integration
  • Identify variables and map working models for knowledge-share between developed and developing countries.
  • Connect same-country healthcare organisations, hospitals and patient support groups, here and abroad.

​policy and program integration
  • Guide national policy, institution department protocol, and pedagogical compliance.

  
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education

awareness
  • Promote recognition of the importance of better Lymphoedema healthcare standards and medical waste procedures worldwide through national groups and international conferences.

​learning materials
  • Facilitate access to essential educational materials, progressive literature, and current clinical research.

best practices
  • Introduce progressive Lymphoedema practices and  treatment methodologies aligned with recognized international standards.​

training​
  • Conduct workshops for practitioners on identifying Lymphoedema symptoms and stages, management of patients, and progressive application techniques. ​

 supplies

donations  
  • Promote LIHDA recycling program, membership benefits and turn-key process.
  • Attract advocacy from recognized affiliates, national and international bodies.
  • Enlist third-party benefactors for essential support (printing, collection, laundering, etc.).

fulfillment
  • Identify healthcare organisations in need, motivated to adopt best practices in countries where Lymphoedema care infrastructure is sub-standard.
  • Negotiate with international philanthropic and transport agencies and country-specific border services.


We are on a mission.

To advance low-cost Lymphoedema treatment.​
To capture and repurpose medical waste that is useful.
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​To pursue partnerships between organizations committed to improving access, treatment and education in healthcare worldwide, through projects that empower quality of life for low-income and marginalised communities.


JOIN US.

LIHDA IS A NON-PROFIT, CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION WITHOUT FUNDING OR SALARIED EMPLOYEES, JUST A FEW VOLUNTEERS WHO REALIZED WE CAN REDUCE MEDICAL WASTE BY DONATING IT TO CLINICS IN NEED IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.
 
SINCE 2017, LIHDA HAS DELIVERED MORE THAN 100,000 COMPRESSION GARMENTS TO HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS NINE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, FREE OF CHARGE.
 
OUR SUPPORT IS ONGOING WITH FREE TRAINING CLINICS FOR PRACTITIONERS AND GUIDANCE FOR GOVERNING BODIES READY TO UPGRADE POLICY AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO MEET INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS.

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